diff --git a/fs/signalfd.c b/fs/signalfd.c
index 65fe5eed0be4..ec7b2da2477a 100644
--- a/fs/signalfd.c
+++ b/fs/signalfd.c
@@ -286,10 +286,6 @@ static int do_signalfd4(int ufd, sigset_t *mask, int flags)
 		}
 		file->f_mode |= FMODE_NOWAIT;
 
-		/*
-		 * When we call this, the initialization must be complete, since
-		 * anon_inode_getfd() will install the fd.
-		 */
 		fd_install(ufd, file);
 	} else {
 		struct fd f = fdget(ufd);